Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1980 [PAGE 285]

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the bidder, and has recommended that die bidder be allowed to wididraw its bids. T h e university counsel has advised diat under diese circumstances, the University's regulations allow die University to permit die wididrawal. It is recommended diat A. J. Contracting and Associates be allowed to withdraw its bids. Contracts for Construction and Rejection of Bids for Outdoor Playing Fields, Chicago Circle

(16) The president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends award of the following contracts for construction of outdoor recreation facilities at the Chicago Circle campus. The award for the general work is to the low bidder on its base bid, plus acceptance of additive alternates G-3 and G-5; the award for the other divisions of work is to the low base bidders: General John Dillon & Co., Chicago Plumbing and Drainage Delta Piping Co., South Holland Electrical G & M Electrical Contractors Co., Chicago Irrigation Andrew McCann Lawn Sprinkler Company, Dalton $435 103 67 110 15 406 24 759 $542 378

This project will provide outdoor recreation facilities on two sites at the Chicago Circle campus. It consists of a baseball field on a site north of Roosevelt Road adjacent to the Science and Engineering South Building, playing fields for Softball and soccer, a 400-meter, all-weather running track, and related track areas on a site south of the Physical Education Building. This project has been approved by the Illinois Board of Higher Education as a noninstructional facility. Funds are available from the proceeds of the sale of University of Illinois Auxiliary Facilities System Revenue Bonds, Series N.

A schedule of the bids received on May 8, 1979, has been filed with the secretary for record. A bid for electrical work was also received from Ace Electric Construction Inc., Chicago, which failed to provide die bid security required by die bid documents. Therefore, die university counsel has advised diat the proposal of this firm be considered nonresponsive and be rejected since it failed to comply with the bidding requirements. Bids for this project were previously received by the University on April 5 and 9, 1979. T h e total of the low bids received exceeded die funds available for the construction of die project by $130,000. Accordingly, the scope of the project was reduced, and the project was rebid on May 8, 1979. Pursuant to die provisions of Article I I , Section 4(k) ( 2 ) , of the General Rules Concerning University Organization and Procedure, the bids were rejected and die president reports dieir rejection.